Attire is important, I'm wearing Zappi's new striking full zipped short sleeve jersey. Once again, I would like to thank ex-pro Flavio Zappi for sending me this beautiful jersey, cap, & musette. You can read my previous post here. I extremely grateful for his gift.

There's books to review and Guy has another interesting one sent by our friends at Velopress called, Boy Racer by the prickly sprinter, Mark Cavendish. The start of the new cycling season always brings plenty of excitement. The Classics are coming and we can't wait to talk about them and our favorite riders'.

Guy reviews a practical and very useful piece of cycling kit, the humble waterbottle ...with a new slant on it sent by our friends at Clean Bottle.

I'm happy that our Bikes, Books & Beers Podcast can also be downloaded from iTunes...